Meriwether County, Georgia

{{Infobox U.S. county

| county = Meriwether County

| state = Georgia

| seal = MeriwetherCountyGAseal.png

| seal size = 85px

| logo = MeriwetherCountyGAlogo.png

| logo size = 70px

| founded = {{start date and age|1827}}

| seat wl = Greenville

| largest city wl = Manchester

| area_total_sq_mi = 505

| area_land_sq_mi = 501

| area_water_sq_mi = 4.2

| area percentage = 0.8%

| census yr = 2020

| pop = 20613US 2020 Census Bureau report, Meriwether County, Georgia

| density_sq_mi =

| time zone = Eastern

| district = 3rd

| footnotes =

| website = {{URL|https://www.meriwethercountyga.gov/|meriwethercountyga.gov}}

| ex image = MERIWETHER COUNTY, GA COURTHOUSE.JPG

| ex image cap = Meriwether County Courthouse in Greenville

| named for = David Meriwether

}}

Meriwether County is a county in the West Central region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,613.{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13199.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=June 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607131643/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13199.html |archive-date=June 7, 2011 }}US 2020 Census Bureau report, Meriwether County, Georgia The county seat is Greenville,{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}} home of the Meriwether County Courthouse. The county was formed on December 14, 1827, as the 73rd county in Georgia. It was named for David Meriwether, a general in the American Revolutionary War and member of Congress from Georgia.{{cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|year=1905|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n205 206]}}

Meriwether County is part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of {{convert|505|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|501|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|4.2|sqmi}} (0.8%) is water.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}

The county is located in the Piedmont region of the state. Portions of the Pine Mountain Range are found in the southern parts of the county near the cities of Warm Springs and Manchester.

The eastern two-thirds of Meriwether County, going east from just west of U.S. Route 27 Alternate, is located in the Upper Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The western third of the county is located in the Middle Chattahoochee River-Lake Harding sub-basin of the same ACF River Basin.{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 19, 2015}}

=Major highways=

20px Interstate 85
20px
20px U.S. Route 27 Alternate
20px State Route 18
20px State Route 41
20px State Route 54
20px State Route 54 Spur
20px State Route 74
20px State Route 85
20px State Route 85 Alternate
20px State Route 85 Spur
23px State Route 100
23px State Route 109
23px State Route 109 Spur
23px State Route 173
23px State Route 190
23px State Route 194
23px State Route 362
23px State Route 403 (unsigned designation for I-85)

=Adjacent counties=

Coweta County (north)
Spalding County (northeast)
Pike County (east)
Upson County (southeast)
Talbot County (south)
Harris County (southwest)
Troup County (west)

Communities

=Cities=

=Towns=

=Unincorporated community=

Alvaton

Demographics

{{US Census population

| 1830 = 4422

| 1840 = 14132

| 1850 = 16476

| 1860 = 15330

| 1870 = 13756

| 1880 = 17651

| 1890 = 20740

| 1900 = 23339

| 1910 = 25180

| 1920 = 26167

| 1930 = 22437

| 1940 = 22055

| 1950 = 21055

| 1960 = 19756

| 1970 = 19461

| 1980 = 21229

| 1990 = 22411

| 2000 = 22534

| 2010 = 21992

| 2020 = 20613

|estyear=2023

|estimate=20931

|estref={{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 31, 2024}}

| align-fn = center

| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}
1790-1880{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800 |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-08.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}} 1890-1910{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1910|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}
1920-1930{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}} 1930-1940{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}
1940-1950{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia - |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1960-1980{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}
1980-2000{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 2010 2020US 2020 Census Bureau report, Meriwether County, Georgia

}}

class="wikitable"

|+Meriwether County racial composition{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US13199&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 14, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}

!Race

!Num.

!Perc.

White (non-Hispanic)

|12,084

|58.62%

Black or African American (non-Hispanic)

|7,273

|35.28%

Native American

|64

|0.31%

Asian

|78

|0.38%

Pacific Islander

|0.03%

Other/Mixed

|633

|3.07%

Hispanic or Latino

|475

|2.3%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 20,613 people, 8,051 households, and 5,504 families residing in the county.

Politics

Meriwether County is a moderately Republican county. The last Democrat to win the county in a presidential election was Al Gore in 2000.

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